Determination of zinc status in humans: Which indicator should we use?

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3252-3263

  Wieringa, Frank T ^a   Dijkhuizen, Marjoleine A ^b   Fiorentino, Marion ^a   Laillou, Arnauld ^c   Berger, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Biomarkers; Dietary consumption; South East Asia; Stunting; Vietnam; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUNTING; VIET NAM; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; GROWTH DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; VIETNAM; ZINC;

EID: 84929339998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7053252     Document Type: Article

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